Railroad-car brake.



C. H. HOWARD & M. PPLAGER. RAILROAD CAR BRAKE. APPLIoATIoN FILED APR.zo, 1910.

Patented Ag\.9, 1910.

CLARENCE H. HOWARD AND HARRY M. PFLAGER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOTRI,ASSIGNORS TO DOUBLE BODY BOLSTEB COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ACORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

RAILROAD-CAR BRAKE.

Application flied AprilQO. 1910. Serial No. 555,544.

To all, wil/01m it muy concern:

Be it known that we. (QfLAnnNcrr: H. HOW- .\1co und I'lAnnY M. lrmonn.citizens of the United Suites. residing at St. Louis, in the Stute ot'Missouri. hure invented u nenv und useful Improvement in lhiilroud-CurBrakes. of which the following is n specification.

()ur invention relates purticulurl'tv to the liruke-erlinder of the curuit' brake-geur. which is usuully utt'uehed to the eur hotly. und is inthe nut'ure ot' un improvement: or modiliention ot' our invention forwhich nie have nitide upplicution for Letters luteut on the lth du)v ofApril, 1010. Serial Number 554.2350. for improvement' in ruili'oudours'. in whieh the uir ln'uke-e. \'linder is :tttuehed to the eurtl'uele'tiu'llie. und our invention ilus for its olijeet tosimpli'ly theconstruetion. v

Vlt consists essentially in t't'u'mingA the hotly of the airln'uke-elvlinder integral 'with the eur trlu-k-l'rume. :is hereinut'terparticularlyv deserilved und claimed. reference being hud to thi`tieeomptnrving drawing` forming; putt ot this specification. whereon,

Figure l. a top plan View of u sixu'heeled eur t-l'iicl -1i':ll11elnn'ing' un air ln'uite-cylinder eomliined therewith uccortling' to ourinvention. unil representingv diugrumnmtieully un :lrrungenlent otliruke geur in connection with the push-rod ofi the i cylinder, und withthe pull-rolls ot' the said geur for applying the brakes to the cui`-wheels; Figa-2,v n, vertical'longitudinal section therethrough toenlarged seele on line Q, 2. in Fig. l; Fig. 3, u vertical 'transversesection through the bruke-cylinder on line 3, 3, in Fig'. Q, undcorresponding side elefutionof the out-side transom (broken away) ofthetruck-frutti@ with which the cylinder int-he present euse is preferablycombined. und Fig. 4. :t View of the cylinder corresponding' to' Fig'.2, showing. u modification thereof.

Like letters Aund numerals 0f reference note like parts in ill thefigures.

ReferringtoFigsl7 2. und S, n, represents u six-wliccled cur trucleramc,preferably composed of cust steei, and from e. member of which,preferably un outside, transom l,

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projets the ordinarily equipped air brake-J cylinder o having :itscylindrical bod 2 horizont/ally arranged und castor tithe oise formedintegral with the transom i, the in- 11er side of the lutter boing inthe present euse preferably. formed with :i recess 3 and utluptedthereut to form the rear` flanged end -totE the cylinder I) to which thehead l' is lioltetil in the ordinaryv nimmer, While ,the overhungingportion of the cylinder body '2, between the trunsont l :1nd lLahe end.member 3 of the truek- `rume u is preferably, neint'oreed und united oneuch side to the'ltop member ot the trunsom l hy c. horizontallyurrungred strengthening rib ti extending the entire length of thecylinder Z. 'i

` For oiiriuting the necessity of machine work in boring the cvlintilerbccly 4its cylindrieul n'ull 2 (see Fig. -l) muy lie'it'tetllougritudinztll)v with un internal. hush or lining' i' of suituhl'c.metal und 'formed :tround the lutter except for u suitable distance7 isu hearing therefor, from euch end of the body with u circular recess 8,the head l`' in this euse tittinT airtight; against the reni' end of thehush l. und the front enel of the lutter preferably butting against tcireulur shoulder 7 on the inside of the Wall 2 thereut us shown.

)my suitable ineens carried by the ear trink-:trame u muy he used inconnection with the ln'ukeeyliinier 7i 'lor applying' the brakes to therur\\heels. preferably in the presentV euse. us shown in ou upplieutionfor patent'. duted .Rpt-il il, 15H0. Serial Nun'llier 534.7%). toriinprtvn'eznent; in ruilroutl cnrs. in which the push-rml J of' thebrake-cylinder 7i is coupled ut its outer entl between the trains-om land theend member 5 of 'the truck nine o: to the upper enel el nvertically (or 'liereulz-out) :wronged niuin puit- ,iefeil0 to theltm'er rnd ot which is Coupled the inner end et i pullworl ll having itsouter enti connected with the brake-baum l2 middle und other end Wheelslo und ii-3,

respectively. of enr-'truck in the 'us'uul well-known nn'nn lying nebrakes to the wheels by the., ordinary hund initial-zeur eert-ieri lijfthe eur body. the i'nziin pnlldcfer l() is conpled 'ut-.its `upper enou'. jointly with (or adjacent to) ie: conneeton with the outer Cil llO

end of the puslrrod 9 of the lnakewylimlei' I), lio the eorreponding endoi a horizontally arranged rod 18 which connoele with the ordinary handbrake-gear (not shown) on the cai' body. whereby, the main pulldever l0,the Cylinder push-rod i) being free, is n'ioved by the hand brali'e-gearin the saine direction for pulling on iihe rods lll, 16, and 17, andthereby applying the brakes to the Wheels 13, 13, and 132, as in thecase of the air brakegear.

VVhai We claim as our invention and desire to secure by Leiters Patentis:-

l. In a railroad ear, a i1'uoki'ran1e havingr the body of an airbrake-cylinder integral therewith.

2. ln a railroad ear7 a truck-frame having the body of abrake-eylini'ler of the Car air brake-gear integral therewith, and meansCarried by the Said frame for connecting the push-rod of the saidcylinder with the pullrods of the said gear.

3. In a railroad ear, a truck-frame having the body of a brake-cylinderof the car air brake-gear iniegral iherewith, and means carried by theSaid frame for connecting Jdie push-rod oi the Said cylinder wih Jdiepullrodel of lihe said gear, and with the hand brake-gear onfnhe carbody.

Il. ln a railroad ear. a truek-i'iran'ie having the body of abrake-cylinder of the ear air brake-gear integral therewith, and a levercoupled to the puSh-rod of the said cylinder, and to ihe pull-rode ofdie Said gear.

ln a railroad ear, a ruok-fraine having the body of a brake-cylinder ofthe car air brake-gear integral therewith, ay lever Coupled tothepuslrrod of lhe said Cylinder and to the pull-rods of the said gear, anda rod coupled to the said lever and connected with the hand brake-gearon the ear body.

CLARENCE H. HOWARD. HARRY M. PFLAGER.

fitnesses H. C. BELLVILLE, EDWARD l/V. FURRELL.

